Triple

T2780360
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Burns-Porter Act E61676 entity
Predicate namedAfter P63 FINISHED
Object Hugh M. Burns
Hugh M. Burns was a prominent California state legislator and long-serving president pro tempore of the State Senate, influential in mid-20th-century state politics and public policy.
E298164 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Hugh M. Burns | Statement: [Burns-Porter Act, namedAfter, Hugh M. Burns]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh M. Burns
Context triple: [Burns-Porter Act, namedAfter, Hugh M. Burns]
  • A. Frank Burns
    Frank Burns is a pompous, inept, and hypocritical Army surgeon who serves as a primary antagonist on the television series M*A*S*H.
  • B. David Kurtz
    David Kurtz is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname associated with the name Kurtz.
  • C. Donald Cargill
    Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
  • D. John H. Hammond Jr.
    John H. Hammond Jr. was a highly influential American record producer and talent scout who discovered and promoted major artists such as Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.
  • E. Michael L. Kurtz
    Michael L. Kurtz is an American historian and author known for his research and writings on modern U.S. history, including the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Hugh M. Burns
Triple: [Burns-Porter Act, namedAfter, Hugh M. Burns]
Generated description
Hugh M. Burns was a prominent California state legislator and long-serving president pro tempore of the State Senate, influential in mid-20th-century state politics and public policy.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hugh M. Burns
Target entity description: Hugh M. Burns was a prominent California state legislator and long-serving president pro tempore of the State Senate, influential in mid-20th-century state politics and public policy.
  • A. Frank Burns
    Frank Burns is a pompous, inept, and hypocritical Army surgeon who serves as a primary antagonist on the television series M*A*S*H.
  • B. David Kurtz
    David Kurtz is a relatively obscure individual whose primary distinguishing feature is sharing the surname associated with the name Kurtz.
  • C. Donald Cargill
    Donald Cargill was a 17th-century Scottish Presbyterian minister and Covenanter leader known for his fierce opposition to royal interference in the church and his eventual execution for treason.
  • D. John H. Hammond Jr.
    John H. Hammond Jr. was a highly influential American record producer and talent scout who discovered and promoted major artists such as Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, and Bruce Springsteen.
  • E. Michael L. Kurtz
    Michael L. Kurtz is an American historian and author known for his research and writings on modern U.S. history, including the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ab4b7e43c48190997b8fc8fb1663ab completed March 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69abdd997ebc8190bff88fe549827615 completed March 7, 2026, 8:11 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69afc05cf84881908e771471dbda4c8d completed March 10, 2026, 6:55 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69afc1f3741c8190a806f8cc14fc6334 completed March 10, 2026, 7:02 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69afc24c63188190a51f5ae9f2955f0a completed March 10, 2026, 7:03 a.m.
Created at: March 6, 2026, 9:57 p.m.